🔻Update by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 06:00 EET, 7 March 2022:
▫️The twelfth day of the heroic opposition of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion has begun.
▫️The enemy continues its offensive operation against Ukraine.
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▫️Since the beginning of the day, the Russian occupiers continued to carry out rocket-bomb and artillery strikes on settlements in Ukraine. - General Staff
▫️The invaders continue to use the airfield network of the Republic of Belarus to carry out airstrikes on Ukraine. - General Staff
▫️Acting insidiously, the occupiers violate the rules of int. humanitarian law, shell civilians, "green corridors," take women & children hostage, place equipment & ammunition in residential areas of cities, artificially create a humanitarian crisis in the occupied settlements.
The city of Irpin remains deprived of light, water, and heat for more than three days; there is no supply of food and water, the occupiers don't allow citizens to leave their homes. - General Staff
▫️There are numerous cases of staging reports for Russian TV channels aimed at showing the humanity of the invaders' soldiers. Also, on social media the enemy continues to distribute the first-person content, which puts the activities of the 🇺🇦 Armed Forces in a negative light
▫️Ukraine's Defense Forces carry out a defense operation in all areas of the enemy's advance. The enemy continues to suffer heavy losses in human resources, ground equipment, means of air attack, surrenders to captivity.
▫️Let's win together! Glory to Ukraine! - General Staff
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00:00 EET Russian troops regrouped to organize the assault on Kyiv. They plan to involve the most combat-ready units, including the Special Regiment of Ramzan Kadyrov (Kadyrovtsy), and the private military company Liga (former Wagner) - General Staff facebook.com/GeneralStaff.u…
00:00 EET Russian 3 BTGs regrouped with the goal to advance to the south from Kyiv. Another group of 1 BTG tried to advance towards Kyiv from the north but was stopped with the losses while crossing the Irpin river - General Staff facebook.com/GeneralStaff.u…
00:00 EET Trying to take Izium (Kharkiv Obl), Russians suffered losses and retreated, resorted to shelling civilian housing and infrastructure. Multiple attempts to break through Ukrainian defense in Donbas to reach Severodonetsk and other cities had no success - General Staff
A unit of Kadyrov mercenaries is shelling civilians in the village of Myla, Kyiv Oblast.–General Staff of UA Army, 18:00 EET facebook.com/GeneralStaff.u…
Russian military plans to intensify airstrikes. Aviation units of its central and eastern military districts are being transferred to Belarus for the purpose of massive missile and bomb strikes on major cities of Ukraine and industrial infrastructure.–Gen.Staff, 18:00 EET
18:00 EET: In some directions of Konotop and Okhtyrka, Russia lost up to 50% of personnel. To continue the offensive, they need to regroup and replenish supplies,–Gen.Staff
Only 30% of Irpin, Kyiv Oblast, is controlled by Russian troops,–City Mayor
5:15 EET: Russian artillery shelled Mykolayiv's residential areas. According to preliminary data, the shelling was done via Smerch MRLS.
9.20: civilians instructed to take cover due to chance of resumed shelling.
Part of the city now without heating
📽️ Suspilne Mykolayiv
On the approaches to Mykolayiv last night, Ukrainian Army destroyed 3 Russian columns, Ukrainians seized lots of ammunition, wheeled equipment, 7 D-20 howitzers - Ukraine's marine command
"At Macron's request to Putin," 🇷🇺 MoD aanounced ceasefire from 9:00 Kyiv time on March 7, as well as opened humanitarian corridors for Ukrainian civilians from Kyiv, Mariupol, Kharkiv, Sumy to Belarus & Russia, Russian media report.
Macron had a call with Putin on Sunday
In the call, which lasted 1h45m, Macron called on Putin to ensure 🇺🇦 nuclear plants are secured amid Russia’s invasion.
Putin said there were no plans to attack nuclear plants & agree to trilateral talks between IAEA, Russia and Ukraine on measures to secure nuclear facilities
Macron reiterated his call for Russia to stop its military operations and insisted on the need to protect the civilians and allow access to humanitarian aid... During his call with Macron, Putin reiterated his goals in Ukraine, showing no change in tone, Elysée Palace said
🔻Operational information as of 24:00, 06 March 2022 regarding the Russian invasion by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
The eleventh day of the heroic opposition of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion is over.
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🔸The enemy continues the offensive operation against 🇺🇦, focusing on the encirclement of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Mykolayiv, reaching the adm. borders in Luhansk&Donetsk oblasts, creating a land corridor with the TOT of Crimea on the axis of Mariupol-Novoazovsk
🔸The invaders did not achieve their ultimate goal during eleven days of occupation.
🔸The enemy group began to accumulate resources for the storming of Kyiv. - General Staff